Police are appealing for public help over the seizure of what is alleged to be $6.6 million worth of MDMA found on a ship docked in Western Australia earlier this year.
Australian Border Force officers using drug detector dogs, uncovered about 120kg of the drug concealed inside the panels of six new Peugeot vans, which arrived at Fremantle Harbour on February 18.
The vehicles were part of a consignment of 105 aboard the vessel, which had sailed from Europe.
The Australian Federal Police seized the drugs, which were hidden in the sliding door panels of vehicles that were destined for New South Wales.
The AFP said today it was working with international partners to identify the global crime network responsible.
“This importation plot would have required a lot of planning and the involvement of a number of people,” said AFP Acting Commander Peter Hatch.
“Clearly there are people in Australia who know who organised this importation and who the intended recipients were.
“The criminal distributors would have likely combined the MDMA with other substances before turning the drugs into pills using a pill press.
“Criminals don’t care if they add other harmful substances to the illicit drugs to make the pills. People have no idea what they are ingesting when they take these pills.”
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000.
